Workshop 2009

These three interactive hands-on workshops have been specifically designed by Policy Makers, Clean Energy Investors and Battery Design Experts to allow you to practically apply the lessons and theories learnt by your peers. Whether you are defining the best EV solution or policy strategy for your project or are planning to design and produce a new Li-ion battery, you will gain from having a more interactive opportunity to learn with and question, both the workshop leader and fellow delegates facing the same challenges as you.

Workshop A

Pre – Conference Half Day Workshop – 1st September 9.00 to 12.30

Examining and Introducing EV Business Models In New Economies

Workshop Leader and Speaker:

Tristin Lin, Senior Consultant – Automotive & Transportation Practice,

Frost & Sullivan (China)

Guest Speakers:

Martin Messer Thomsen Senior Project Manager, Ground Support

Equipment in Copenhagen, Denmark, SAS (Sweden)

Session 1

Maximising The Electric Vehicle Value Chain

• Li-ion battery value chain, Infrastructure and Vehicles value chain scenarios from different countries
• How could the automotive and battery intelligence be shared?
• Examining applied models from different countries

Session 2

Examining Policy Scenarios For And From Asian Governments

• Incentives that worked in other countries and applying them to Asia
• Examining subsidies to boost low-carbon transport
• Funding the capital cost of buying the Electric Vehicle vs provide incentives to cover the cost
• Subsidising the development of Electric Vehicle infrastructure
  • electric charging stations models and scenarios

Session 3

Electric Vehicle Business Models For The Asian Markets

• CapEx and OpEx costs to consider
• Balancing enough supply for the Asian demand
• Forecasting global sales in Asia and ROI
• Exploring new models by selling EVs with different packages where customers will pay only 20% or 40% of the cost of the battery pack

About Your Workshop Leader:

Tristin has been working on the study of alternative propulsion vehicles. His recent work involved analyzing the global markets for hybrids and electric cars. The latest successful client defined projects that he has worked with include: Ningbo government, Changsha government, Mitsui, Shanghai Volkswagen, Fiat, TAFE, Honeywell and other distinguished MNCs.

Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 35 offices on six continents. To join Frost & Sullivan Growth Partnership, please visithttp://www.frost.com.

Workshop B

Pre – Conference Half Day Workshop – 1st September 14.00 – 17.30

Electric Vehicle Essentials

Workshop Chairman:

Fu Zhenxing, Powertrain System Department – New Energy Vehicle Division

SAIC Motor Corporation (China)

Workshop Leaders and Speakers:

Richard S Chung, VP, Industrial Design & Consumer Research –

Automotive Experience, JOHNSON CONTROLS

Alfred Shi, Senior Manager – System Engineering, JOHNSON CONTROLS

Session 1

Optimising Aerodynamics For EVs

• Optimising body shape and electronic systems
• Examining ways for calculating Aerodynamics drag coefficient to optimise energy

Session 2

Identifying The Requirements For A Bespoke EV Battery System

• Choosing the right battery technology and battery supplier
• Achieving Realistic, Complete and Cleare Rquirement

Session 3

Using Battery Management Systems (BMS) And Cell State Of Charge To Maximize The Battery’s Capacity

• Preventing localized under-charging or over-charging
• Ensuring that all cells that compose the battery are kept at the same State Of Charge
• Examining different ways of using regulators and balancers
• Identifying the complexity and performance of BMS in different applications

Session 4

Deciding The Location Of EV Batteries And Facilitating Recharging

• Examining methods for ensuring that Li-ion batteries are the same size
• Designing power connectors that can be disconnected and reconnected and the impact on current battery design
  • what are the challenges and what needs to be implemented in the value chain?
• Where do batteries need to sit in most cars?
• Overcoming the challenges for adapting the same process to different vehicle models
• How many different Li-ion battery range models will need to be produced and for what capacity?

Session 5

Designing EV Batteries for Manufacturability and Cost Consideration

• Module Concept: maximising component reusability and application diversity
• Facilitating Procurement by minimize component variety
• Carrying out validation tests

About Your Workshop Leader:

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) is the global leader that brings ingenuity to the places where people live, work and travel. By integrating technologies, products and services, we create smart environments that redefine the relationships between people and their surroundings. Our team of 140,000 employees creates a more comfortable, safe and sustainable world through our products and services for more than 200 million vehicles, 12 million homes and one million commercial buildings. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com.

Workshop C

Post Conference Workshop – 4th September FULL DAY from 9.00 to 17.30

Designing and Manufacturing Safe Li-ion Batteries For The Electric Vehicle Industry

Workshop Leader:

Troy A. Hayes, General Manager, China EXPONENT (USA)

Guest Speaker:

William Chen, VP Engineering, Amperex Technology Limited (China)

8.30 Registration and Coffee

Session 1

Examining The Key Manufacturing Practices And Techniques To Achieve High Quality Li-ion Cells

• Examining special safety concerns for electric vehicles: car accident, extreme environment and fire
• Safety issues with Li-ion batteries: effects of contamination, electrode degradation, thermal runaway and product recalls
• How to prevent safety issues during the manufacturing cycle
  • evaluating new and existing technologies that will identify non-safe products during and post production
  • what are good manufacturing practices for Li-ion cells and packs?
  • safety and reliability test
  • how to maintain a consistent and effective production monitoring and control

Session 2

Evaluating Special Technologies And Form Factors For Li-Ion Batteries In Electric Vehicles

• Key considerations for EV batteries: high power, large capacity, critical safe requirements, long reliability
• Evaluating new technologies and materials in order to make Li-ion suitable for EV
• Form factors: small cells vs. big cells
• Design of cells: gas generation, soft-pouch versus prismatic or cylindrical
• Design of packs: battery management unit (BMU) and electrical design requirements, mechanical and structural design

13.00 Lunch

Session 3

Improving Thermal Management Of Battery Pack For Electric Vehicles

• Understanding heat generation and heat capacity in a EV battery pack
• Implementing safety measures to prevent thermal runaway
• How to achieve temperature monitoring and control in a pack
• Temperature distribution
• Thermal fault detection and isolation
• Hardware design and construction

Session 4

Guest Speaker

Session 5

Q&A

17.30 End Of Full Day Workshop C

About your Workshop Leader:

Dr. Troy A. Hayes is a Senior Managing Engineer in Exponent’s Mechanical Engineering and Materials/Metallurgy practice. He is currently the General Manager of Exponent Science and Technology Consulting (Hangzhou) Co. (Exponent China), which is a subsidiary of Exponent Inc (USA). For more information about Dr Hayes experience and Exponent as a company please visit our speakers section and www.exponent.com

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